In the UK, TMO Renewables has signed a deal with Fiberight in the US for a 20-year, $500 million deal to supply the American company with its proprietary GM bacteria used to break down MSW into biofuels. Fiberight claims that TMO’s technology is three to five years ahead of the US, while TMO claims it […]
In Afghanistan, biodiesel production is seen as a way to introduce a green economy to the country with the US military the most likely customer. Discussions are underway to use opium poppies as the biofuel feedstock, thereby helping to keep farming families from losing their market while at the same time fighting one of the […]
In the UK, the Renewable Fuels Agency has contract consultants FiveBarGate to review the country’s biofuel industry and the impacts created by the Renewable Fuel Transport Obligation. The study, which is meant to “get under the skin of the industry” will form the main part of the RFA’s annual report to Parliament in January. More […]
medworldtoday: Airlines chief slams big oil for ‘peanuts’ spent on biofuels. danielchow77: VC in Greentech This Week: Biofuels, Organic Solar and Smart Grid innovatorsblog: RT @sudoyle Flexible routes, biofuels, engine efficiency, varied discussions at the Aviation & Environment Summit 2010 in Geneva eDriveMagazine: @bobbyllew …or next-gen biofuels. As I said, I’m a fan of electric […]
In the UK, British Airways, Rolls-Royce, Finnair, Gatwick Airport and IATA Airbus announced that they will form a research consortium with Cranfield University to support the university’s efforts to produce algal-based aviation biofuels. The group has established a pilot project for growing and harvesting biomass on the Cranfield campus, and expects to move to an […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency will begin enforcing new laws in January that require ethanol plants to change the way they calculate their greenhouse gas emissions. The new rules would count as greenhouse gases the carbon dioxide that’s released when corn is fermented into motor fuel or when corn stalks, straw and other sources […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.61 percent to 67.25 as ethanol waned. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.50 percent to $32.38 , while in the oil sector Valero (VLO) dropped 1.28 percent to $16.99. Among other equities, Gushan (GU) fell 11.76 percent to $0.60. Overall, […]
In California, Amyris has filed an amendment to its proposed IPO, indicating that it hopes to generate up to $122 million from the sale of up to 6.1 million shares, at $20 per share. The company said that it now anticipates that the IPO will net an average of $18-$20 per share, and will value […]
In Brazil, a 13 member delegation led by India’s Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution visited Brazil last week and had a bilateral meeting with Mr Wagner Rossi, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil. Both sides discussed the matters of mutual interest including the possibilities of […]
In Texas, the National Algae Association, which is staging its next national conference September 23-24 in Houston, has developed preliminary design specs for a 100-acre commercial scale algae production facility build-out, identifying and resolving scale-up issues that will be encountered as commercialization proceeds. The national conference will focus on these plans, as well as CAPEX […]
